http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wardchurchill/ en-us Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:39:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362689/posts School wants $52,000 for expenses related to suit against former professor. The University of Colorado is asking for more than $52,000 from Ward Churchill to recover costs the school incurred fighting a lawsuit filed by the former ethnic studies professor. The total tab, filed in Denver District Court last week, includes individual expenses ranging from $2 for courthouse parking to $22,095 for "in-trial video and visual exhibits." "The university believes that what we've filed is both fair and appropriate for some of the expenses that we incurred during the trial," said Ken McConnellogue, spokesman for the University of Colorado system.... Camera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362689/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356295/posts Click here for a summary of NewsReal’s ongoing coverage of the radical politics of Marc Lamont Hill.More information is pouring in about the heroes of Fox News contributor Marc Lamont Hill, who has been in a public battle with David Horowitz of late. One of the key issues Horowitz has taken with Hill centers around people that Hill sees as heroes worth defending. Two years ago Hill defended controversial professor Ward Churchill on The O'Reilly Factor. Churchill was fired from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2007. The issue that eventually led to his firing was an essay he... David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356295/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 23:05:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2291620/posts Ward Churchill in Denial by: Bethany Stotts, July 13, 2009 A jury may have decided in April that University of Colorado at Boulder officials violated former professor Ward Churchill’s first amendment rights when firing him, but a Denver District Court Judge has ruled that Churchill will neither receive his job back nor receive front pay for his termination. “Professor Churchill’s own statements during the trial established that he has not seriously pursued any efforts to gain comparable employment, but has instead chosen to give lectures and other presentations as a means of supplementing his income,” wrote Judge Larry J. Nye... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2291620/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:21:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289612/posts (This is part 2 of an article.) Recently neo-fascists opposed to Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama’s nominee to the United States Supreme Court, have argued that she doesn’t respect the “sanctity” of the law and chooses instead to be guided by her personal beliefs. But if there is such a thing as “sanctity” of the law, why are so many Supreme Court cases decided by five-four votes split along ideological lines? Where is this concern when self-loathing Clarence Thomas uses his experiences at Yale University, not the law, to dismantle affirmative action programs, or when Antonin Scalia unethically hears cases where... Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289612/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:34:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288409/posts Ward Churchill could find himself on the hook for up to $50,000 in out-of-pocket costs the University of Colorado incurred fighting the lawsuit the former ethnic studies professor filed against it, CU's lead attorney said Wednesday. CU attorney Patrick O'Rourke said he plans to file for recovery of those costs -- which include flying witnesses in and out of Colorado and creating deposition transcripts -- over the next 15 days and said the amount would be in the "five figures" and likely just shy of $50,000. "We've got to go through and add it up -- it's not a staggering... DailyCamera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288409/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 23:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287471/posts Boulder learning will go on without Ward Churchill. On Tuesday Judge Larry Naves granted CU's and the Board of Regent's motion for judgement as a matter of law that the Board of Regents is immune from being sued and vacates the jury verdict from April of this year. Naves also denied Churchill's motion for reinstatement of employment as well as any "front" pay. He essentially got nothing. "We are very gratified with the decision," said Bronson Hilliard, spokesman for CU Boulder. The ethnic studies professor had sued the University of Colorado in an attempt to regain his teaching post. Churchill... 7 news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287471/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:53:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283521/posts All eyes will be on Chief Denver District Judge Larry Naves on Wednesday as he takes arguments at an all-day hearing for and against giving ousted professor Ward Churchill his job back at the University of Colorado. The hearing is the culmination of a lengthy dispute between CU and the controversial professor, who was fired two years ago. The judge has the option of ruling from the bench at the end of the hearing or issuing a written decision later. Neither the judge’s clerk nor the attorneys in the case would hazard a guess as to when Naves might announce... DailyCamera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283521/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271150/posts Former CU professor will appear on 'Stories from the Edge of Free Speech' on June 29. The controversial academic-misconduct case surrounding Ward Churchill will be prominently featured in an upcoming documentary about free speech that is scheduled to air later this month on HBO. Key players in the case, including Churchill, are interviewed for the documentary, called "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech." CU system Ken McConnellogue, in an interview, said that the school fired Churchill because he did not meet academic standards. DailyCamera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271150/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:07:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259242/posts Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill will make his case for getting his job back during a one-day hearing to be held July 1, a Denver District Court clerk said Wednesday. Chief Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves will preside over the hearing, during which both Churchill and the University of Colorado will argue for and against reinstatement of the former controversial ethnic studies professor. Churchill was fired nearly two years ago by the CU regents after the school claimed he had committed widespread and systematic academic fraud. DailyCamera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259242/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 19:01:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241047/posts Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's legal team is aiming to get the ethnic studies scholar back in the classroom as soon as the fall semester, a Churchill attorney said Wednesday. Qusair Mohamedbhai, one of three lawyers ... Deciding whether Churchill gets his job back at CU, or is awarded a financial settlement instead, rests with Chief Denver District Judge Larry Naves. The deadline for Churchill to file his reinstatement motion is Monday. The university will have 15 days to respond. Ken McConnellogue, a spokesman for the CU system, said the university will have a response once it reviews... DailyCamera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241047/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237841/posts David Horowitz and Jacob Laksin profile political indoctrination in academic departments.One-Party Classroom: How Radical Professors at America’s Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy, by David Horowitz and Jacob Laksin (Crown Forum, 336 pp., $26.95) To some extent, the recent jury verdict holding that the University of Colorado had wrongly fired Ward Churchill was correct: political pressures did inspire the investigation leading to his termination for academic misconduct. It doesn’t follow, though, that Churchill was fired for his political views, which notoriously included comparing 9/11 victims to “Little Eichmanns.” Plagiarism and falsification of evidence aren’t covered under any definition... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237841/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225374/posts BOULDER, Colo. (Legal Newsline)-The controversial University of Colorado professor who likened victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to a Nazi leader has been awarded just $1 in damages for wrongful termination. A jury panel of four women and two men in Denver found Thursday that Ward Churchill was fired as a professor of ethnic studies at the Boulder campus in retaliation for his remarks. The jury deliberated for a day and a half. For its part, the university's board of regents claimed it fired 61-year-old Churchill for academic misconduct, including plagiarism. Legal Newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225374/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 03:54:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222503/posts BOULDER, Colo. (Legal Newsline)-The controversial University of Colorado professor who likened victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to a Nazi leader has been awarded just $1 in damages for wrongful termination. Legal NewsLine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222503/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 23:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222194/posts At long last, I get it. I was slow on the uptake, I admit, but have finally come around. For much of my life, you see, I labored under a great delusion. I thought public officials had a duty to speak out and rebuke someone in their ranks — or even a prominent constituent — who said something morally repellent. If a prison warden professed indifference toward sexual abuse within his facility, or a college football coach was caught distributing racist or neo-Nazi propaganda, I assumed that elected officials should stand up and object — that they should climb upon... denverpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222194/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 13:34:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221056/posts Ward Churchill won his case against the University of Colorado today as a Denver jury unanimously decided he was fired in retaliation for his controversial essay on the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The jury gave Churchill $1 for The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221056/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220387/posts After a four-week trial, a jury in Denver is deliberating the case of Ward L. Churchill, a former University of Colorado professor who says he was fired because of an essay he wrote in which he called victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks “little Eichmanns.” The university says Mr. Churchill plagiarized and falsified parts of his academic research, particularly on American Indians, and cited this as grounds for his dismissal in July 2007. Mr. Churchill brought a wrongful termination suit against the university, seeking monetary damages for lost wages and harm to his reputation. He also wants to... NY Slimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220387/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 02:21:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212114/posts http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/03/americans-are-not-little-eichmanns/ As Ward Churchill's lawsuit against the University of Colorado ends its second week, followers of Churchill gear up for a rally of support. El Marco takes a look at Churchill's supporters, and at the followers of Adolf Eichmann who attacked America on 9/11. Yes, there is a huge, unreported, Adolf Eichmann connection to Islamic terror groups. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212114/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:01:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210565/posts >>Professor Says Ward Churchill Firing Unfair (Denver, CO) -- A college professor told jurors on Thursday a former University of Colorado-Boulder professor, who called some victims of September 11th "Little Eichmanns," was unfairly fired. The school says they fired Ward Churchill in 2007 because he plagiarized and falsified American Indian research. But University of Hawaii professor David Stannard says he doesn't believe Churchill purposefully enlarged how many American Indians were killed by a smallpox outbreak to 400-thousand, claiming Churchill may have used information from two authors and combined numbers. CU lawyer Patrick O'Rourke says Churchill only cited one author and... MetroSource/Westwood1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210565/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206280/posts "As a teacher, your responsibility is to challenge dogma and orthodoxy, not to just accept it." Really? Says who? In this case, it's remorseless left-wing terrorist Bill Ayers. The co- founder of the murderous Weather Underground was in Boulder last week at a rally to defend his soulmate, Ward Churchill, in advance of Churchill's court date to overturn his firing from the University of Colorado. It should be recalled that Churchill wasn't fired for challenging dogma, nor was he fired for his defamatory ravings against this country and the victims of 9/11. He was fired for academic fraud after an... The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206280/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:05:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205644/posts The Boulder Daily Camera clearly knows how to sugar-coat the radical ravings of dismissed professor Ward Churchill. His disdain for the "little Eichmanns" that died inside the World Trade Center is downgraded to "bureaucratic operatives" for the sake of the Churchill legal team in his wrongful-termination lawsuit: DENVER — The former governor of Colorado defended himself Wednesday against accusations that he pressured the University of Colorado into firing former professor Ward Churchill. Bill Owens took the stand in a Denver courtroom on the second day of testimony in Churchill's wrongful-termination trial against CU. The former governor is accused by Churchill's... The National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205644/posts#comment Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:12:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204143/posts Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill went to court Tuesday in a bid to get his job back, contending that he never committed plagiarism and was instead jettisoned for likening Sept. 11 victims to Nazi bureaucrats when blaming what he called unjust U.S. policy for the terrorist attacks. David Lane, Mr. Churchill´s attorney, argued that the university caved under pressure from the "howling mob," which he described as a nationwide conservative smear campaign aimed at destroying Mr. Churchill´s reputation. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204143/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:12:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202752/posts Latest photo essay from El Marco's Looking at the Left blog: Ward Churchill Trial in Denver - Education is the Motor Force of Revolution “Professor” Ward Churchill is suing The University of Colorado, accusing the school of violating his free speech rights. The jury trial began today in Denver. His argument is that he is being persecuted for his political beliefs. In 2007 the University of Colorado’s Governing Board found that he plagiarized, lied, falsified historical data and generally abused history, period. Looking at the Left.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202752/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:08:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2200843/posts Terrorists and terrorist sympathizers always stick together. Unfortunately for America, at least one William Ayers and by extension, his friends are stuck to the President. The views of Bill Ayers have been well vetted and shown to be as radical today as when he was building bombs as a Weather Underground terrorist. Ayers, as all now know, shared an office with the President and as the USA Today article reminds us served alongside the President on the board of the Woods foundation funnelling money into community enterprises intent on building up future socialist activists disguised as supporting public education. None... APRPEH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2200843/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200308/posts DENVER -- William Ayers, the former Weather Underground radical whose past made him a lightning rod in the 2008 presidential campaign, said Thursday that fired Colorado professor Ward Churchill became the victim of a "witch hunt" after comparing Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi. "There's no doubt in my mind he was persecuted because of his politics," Ayers said before appearing with Churchill at a student rally on academic freedom at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ayers, Churchill and writer-activist Derrick Jensen were to speak later at an event titled "Forbidden Education and the Rise of Neo-McCarthyism." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200308/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:03:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198653/posts Campus event designed to promote Thursday night rally. Enclosed in a 3-foot-by-3-foot chain-link cage, members of a University of Colorado student group made their case Tuesday that former professor Ward Churchill wasn’t fired for plagiarism, but, rather, for saying the wrong things about 9/11. CU officials reiterated Tuesday that Churchill was fired solely for academic misconduct. The event was staged to promote Thursday night’s pro-Churchill rally at the Glenn Miller Ballroom, which will take place four days before the ex-professor’s lawsuit against CU goes to trial in Denver. CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said the students’ rally did not provide an... Daily Camera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198653/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 02:22:46 GMT